Willy, I think there is a big difference between legal and illegal immigrants. In terms of corperations, they can't take advantage of legal immigrants the way the do illegals. Being a legal immigrant means they pay taxes just like you and and I thus they pay into the system as well. Illegal immigrants don't pay into the system and in a sense make a deal with the devel (corperations willing to hire them, pay them under the table and figure out a way to hide their tracks). Those are the ones who are placing the biggest burdens on our system. That's why I feel it important to stress that we distinguish between people who have taken the steps to immigrate legally vs. those who have not. Remember the legal immigrants include California's governor... as well as a freind of mine who pays more in taxes than alot of citizens born here, has health insurance and will not be taken advantage of by any company because he understands his rights (at least as well as the rest of us). I think that holds true for a majority of legal immigrants.

As for the illegal immigrants, I'm with ya all the way. The laws on the books need to be inforced. Companies, politicians and authorities need to be held accountable. It's a bad scene all around and there are too many people too high up making too much money (or being influenced) from illegal immigration.

I don't understand why people think that the unions should have so much infleunce over their votes. I was a member of the CWA (until I got a new job), but I voted how I felt, not how they wanted. I'll be d@**ed if anyone is going to try to force me to use my vote in a way I don't agree with. Their job was to keep the company honest, which I felt they went overboard with, but since companies tend to go overboard in the oppisite direction I figured it would usually balance out... althought probably not the case for the auto unions, but then look what's happening to their jobs. When people start to give into that kind of crap we all lose. *Sorry about this last part, but that kinda hit a nerve.. ::)